Getting called a “loser” on your birthday is never fun, especially if you’re only 2 years old. That’s exactly what happened to a little girl in Missouri, but it was an honest mistake made by the bakers who created her birthday cake. Melin Jones said she called a local Walmart to order her daughter’s cake and asked that it read, “Happy Birthday, Lizard.” The little girl’s name is Elizabeth, so the family affectionately calls her “lizard.”That’s not what the person on the telephone heard Jones saying, however. So, when Jones arrived to pick up the cake, she hurriedly grabbed it, paid and left without really taking a look at what it said. “I was a little shocked, but after a few seconds, I couldn’t stop laughing,” Jones, 27, told People. “I had no clue they got it wrong. I was in a hurry and it seemed like a simple enough request. I wasn’t really expecting anything to be wrong with it.”Of course, after having a good laugh and taking a picture of Elizabeth, who cannot read and wasn’t told what it said, next to the cake, they shared it on Facebook. The picture was actually taken a year ago, but Jones said she just now posted it because she didn’t want the employee who made the cake to get into trouble. She just wanted to share it for a few laughs. As for Elizabeth’s second birthday? It wasn’t a bust because Jones jumped into action and did what any concerned parent would do for their daughter’s cake – ate the entire thing and got her another cake. “ proudly ate that ‘loser’ cake, then marched right back to Walmart a few hours later and got another one,” Melin says. “I didn’t mention the misunderstanding because I didn’t want the worker to get in any trouble, so I just picked out a new cake and asked for ‘Happy Birthday Elizabeth’ on it.”Of course, Jones told People, she will tell Elizabeth about the mishap when she’s older. But for now, it’s just for sharing to others who hopefully will get a kick out of it. “A lot of people have reached out to me to tell me it made them laugh harder than they have in a long time, or that they were having a bad day at work until reading it and so on,” she adds. “That’s been the best part of it all, just knowing that people are finding the same type of humor in it that we did.”

Getting called a “loser” on your birthday is never fun, especially if you’re only 2 years old.

That’s exactly what happened to a little girl in Missouri, but it was an honest mistake made by the bakers who created her birthday cake.

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Melin Jones said she called a local Walmart to order her daughter’s cake and asked that it read, “Happy Birthday, Lizard.” The little girl’s name is Elizabeth, so the family affectionately calls her “lizard.”

That’s not what the person on the telephone heard Jones saying, however.

So, when Jones arrived to pick up the cake, she hurriedly grabbed it, paid and left without really taking a look at what it said.

“I was a little shocked, but after a few seconds, I couldn’t stop laughing,” Jones, 27, told People. “I had no clue they got it wrong. I was in a hurry and it seemed like a simple enough request. I wasn’t really expecting anything to be wrong with it.”

Of course, after having a good laugh and taking a picture of Elizabeth, who cannot read and wasn’t told what it said, next to the cake, they shared it on Facebook.

The picture was actually taken a year ago, but Jones said she just now posted it because she didn’t want the employee who made the cake to get into trouble. She just wanted to share it for a few laughs.

As for Elizabeth’s second birthday? It wasn’t a bust because Jones jumped into action and did what any concerned parent would do for their daughter’s cake – ate the entire thing and got her another cake.

“[My husband and I] proudly ate that ‘loser’ cake, then [I] marched right back to Walmart a few hours later and got another one,” Melin says. “I didn’t mention the misunderstanding because I didn’t want the worker to get in any trouble, so I just picked out a new cake and asked for ‘Happy Birthday Elizabeth’ on it.”

Of course, Jones told People, she will tell Elizabeth about the mishap when she’s older. But for now, it’s just for sharing to others who hopefully will get a kick out of it.

“A lot of people have reached out to me to tell me it made them laugh harder than they have in a long time, or that they were having a bad day at work until reading it and so on,” she adds. “That’s been the best part of it all, just knowing that people are finding the same type of humor in it that we did.”